( 2026:JHHC:13841 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2292 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2292 of 2026 Sachin Yadav @ Sachin Kumar Yadav, aged about 18 years, son of Bhola Yadav, resident of Ward No.2, Village- Murkmanai, Bariardih, P.O. & P.S. Markacho, District- Koderma … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Ms. Trishna Sagar, Advocate Mr. A.K. Sahani, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Shweta Singh, A.P.P. ----- 04/08.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhanwar P.S. Case No.246 of 2025 dated 04.09.2025, corresponding to POCSO Case No.137 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 137(2), 64(2)(m), 351(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 and under Section 4/6 of POCSO Act, pending in the Court of the learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. She further submits that the petitioner has only taken the girl to Hyderabad and relationship has been established by another boy, namely, Sourabh Thakur. On these grounds, she submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the girl is minor and this petitioner has virtually kidnapped the girl by administering intoxication and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:13841 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2292 of 2026 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the petitioner has intoxicated the girl and taken her to Hyderabad and handed over the girl to one Sourabh Thakur and the said Sourabh Thakur has established relationship with the minor girl. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and, as such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is, hereby, rejected. 6. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th May, 2026 Ajay/